[PUP] 3 Nordhavns heading south

[John Marshall]

Scott,
	If you have a Simrad autopilot like most recent Nordhavns, the  
default alarm setting for course deviation is 10 degrees. Depending  
on the kind of seas you are in and from what quarter (worse on a  
quartering, following sea), you might swing that far. You can program  
it to open up the tolerance to 15 degrees or so.

	I'm presuming your XTE wasn't too far off.

	If you think that's the issue, I can email you the instructions on  
how to adjust that on a SIMRAD.

	And yeah, reading, computer use or too much time in engine room will  
get me too. Coming north, I stayed dosed on meclyzine until I get my  
sea legs. It was never a problem staring out the windscreen.
	
	Sorry we missed you in Friday Harbor and Sequim Bay on your way out.  
Understand you had some final kinks to work out of boat.

John Marshall
N5520 - Serendipity


On Sep 1, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Scott Bulger wrote:

> Thanks for all the good wishes,
>
> This email sent via Verizon EVDO about 15 miles off the coast of  
> Seaside OR.
> More detail upon our arrival in Coos bay
>
> We had planned on stopping in Astoria, but with the sea almost flat we
> decided to continue on to Coos Bay.
>
> A quick update, things we are learning:
>
> a.  Working on the computer at sea can be challenging.  Marian was  
> composing
> stories about our first 10 days of shake down, then went to the  
> galley to
> make her dinner (I'd eaten earlier).  In spite of the patch the  
> activity of
> making dinner, coupled with the computer work caused her to become  
> sea sick.
> She's a trooper though, still toughing it out.  Wasn't quite one of  
> those
> "barf and get it over with", but we hope she will get her sea legs
>
> b.  1 mile of distance at night seems about right.  During the day  
> we can be
> as close as a hundred yards.  But at night you need the space.
>
> c.  I made it on two hours of sleep last night, but I don't think I  
> could
> sustain that three nights in a row.  Marian had the helm from 1am  
> to 3am and
> I covered the rest.  I'm really glad this is a coastal voyage and  
> not an
> ocean crossing effort.
>
> d.  Autopilot has issued a "deviation alarm" and stopped Navigating  
> 3 or 4
> times.  I can't quite figure out what the contributing factors, but  
> it's
> something we will have to get ironed out.
>
> e.  TV at sea is a great distraction for someone not feeling well!
>
> Again, thanks for all your warm wishes!  Scott
>
> Scott and Marian Bulger, Alanui, N40II
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